SCORE: #8 UConn 2, #13 UAlbany 0
 
LOCATION: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: #13 UAlbany 9-2, 2-0 America East | #8 UConn 11-1, 2-0 Big East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes hosted a battle against top-10 opponent, UConn, with the visiting Huskies taking the victory, Sunday afternoon.
 
COACH PHIL SYKES: "Tough game. UConn is a very good team and they played well. Our girls got a taste of that top-10 mentality. We played well enough; we just couldn't get the goals back. It's good preparation for our upcoming conference games - making sure we are a little tougher and more battle-tested."
 
KEY STATS

• Senior Alison Smisdom led the team with four shots, including one of two UAlbany shots on goal.
• Graduate student Charlotte Triggs added the second shot on goal.
• Senior Floor de Ruiter and graduate student Delphine Le Jeune each added one shot.
• Shots were tied between the two teams, 7-7, but the Huskies held the advantage in shots on goal, 6-2.
• The Great Danes earned more corners than UConn, 5-1.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Huskies got an early start with their first goal in the first minute.
• UAlbany answered with two shots during a penalty corner about five minutes later.
• The second quarter belonged to the Huskies with three shots to UAlbany's zero.
• Seeing mostly midfield action in the third, each team tallied just one shot.
• Nearly two minutes into the final quarter, UConn extended their lead to two.
• The Great Danes put up a fight in the final five minutes with an extra field player but it was not enough to score a goal.
• A late-game corner proved to be the final chance at a goal but a lifted shot was called too high as it hit the crossbar with less than 30 seconds remaining.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will prepare for a second split weekend with Bryant at home on Friday (Oct. 11) and Lehigh on the road on Sunday (Oct. 13).
 
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